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A Voyage Into the Arctic
… fascinates him. He wants it—until he has it. A year ago, a company of us was up there, inexorably bound by the ice, … the Pole, lie only water, ice and snow, live only animals and wildfowl. Ashore, it is the moment of the Arctic … swell of the open sea into the harbour atop the ice. It eddies the sandfine snow above the hard, tense ice underneath. …
Social Security Bogeymen
… in a statistical prophecy that the millions of aged yet to come would drag us all to the poverty level. We may admit, … One way to deal with these facts is to blame the individuals—millions of them—and tell them that their fathers and … this point of view, we see that old-age insecurity has become a political problem because the average individual …
Invitation to Reminiscence
… to nostalgic reminiscence; for the next, an interesting and compelling reminder of her elders and betters; and for the … the same time a valuable contribution to the history of the Commonwealth. In short, Mr. Reniers has done a workmanlike … than they could afford to the “Tiger” on the hill. Even the points of entrance and egress were traditional, though once …
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Bloomberg: Goldman Execs are Armed to the Teeth
… a beatdown to Wall Street. Best of all, we’ve got a company known for their prescience forecasting their own …
The Fiddle In the Corner
… when someone finally had to say, “So what’s it mean to come from here anyway?” A gang of crows made a gaudy noise … grace enough to bless a cell they can’t venture from or to comprehend the random visitor who tarries to feed a burning …
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Humboldt’s Gift
… resolutions. I grant that there are problems and shortcomings, but they do not ruffle my devotion at all. And this … facts and concepts—the slow contents of the books I studied. This was the pay-off, this was how a powerful mind … in part through my absorption in the writing, but also by drawing the energies of one obsession temporarily …
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